Thomas Leland Crowley

1800 - 1846  (46 years)

• Name	Thomas Leland Crowley
  Birth	1800	Ray, Georgia
  Gender	Male
  Other-Begin	1846	Oregon Trail
  	Christians on the Oregon Trail: Churches of Christ and Christian Churches in Early Oregon, 1842-1882 http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=heritage_center But no individual in this party suffered more than 44-year old Catherine Linville Crowley, an older sister of Harrison Linville. Her daughter, Matilda, and son, Calvin, along with his wife and child, all died on the plains before the train ever detoured to the Applegate Trail. They probably died from typhoid or mountain fever. Calvin died on July 26 and his body was wrapped in a sheet and buried without a coffin. After detouring to the Applegate Trail, Catherine's 16-year old daughter, Martha Leland Crowley, died of typhoid on October 18 in present-day Josephine County. Two more daughters, Melissa and a nameless baby, died on the same day, October 27. Finally, her husband, Thomas Leland Crowley, died of pneumonia on December 4 in the vicinity of Creswell, a little south of present-day Eugene in Lane County. With her remaining five children, all 12 years old and younger, Catherine Linville Crowley continued resolutely on to a new home and a new beginning in Polk County.
  Death	4 Dec 1846	Oregon Trail, Creswell, Lane Co, Oregon
  Burial	Long Tom River, Eugene, Lane Co, Oregon
  Person ID	I7264	Roots
  Last Modified	17 May 2015

  
  

  Family	Catherine Linville,   b. 11 May 1802, Tennessee d. 6 Oct 1884, Fulkerson Gap, Polk Co, Oregon (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1820	Howard Co, Missouri
  Children	+ 1. Calvin Crowley,   b. 1824, Powell Valley, Claiborne Co, Tennessee d. 26 Jul 1846, Oregon Trail, Cow Creek, Jackson Co, Oregon (Age 22 years)   2. Martha Leland Crowley,   b. 1830   d. 18 Oct 1846, Oregon Trail, Josephine Co, Oregon (Age 16 years)   3. Melissa Crowley,   b. Abt 1832, Missouri d. 27 Oct 1846, Oregon Trail (Age ~ 14 years)   4. Margaret Crowley,   b. 1834, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Polk Co, Oregon (Age 17 years)   5. John Crowley,   b. 1836, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Polk Co, Oregon (Age 15 years)   6. Nancy Crowley,   b. 1838, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Polk Co, Oregon (Age 13 years)   7. Sarah Crowley,   b. 1840, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Polk Co, Oregon (Age 11 years)   8. Thomas Crowley,   b. 1844, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Polk Co, Oregon (Age 7 years)   9. (infant) Crowley,   b. Abt 1845   d. 27 Oct 1846, Oregon Trail (Age ~ 1 years)
  Family ID	F11436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 3 Aug 1820 - Howard Co, Missouri Death - 4 Dec 1846 - Oregon Trail, Creswell, Lane Co, Oregon Burial - - Long Tom River, Eugene, Lane Co, Oregon  = Link to Google Earth